[单项选择]I could no longer put up with his ______ complaints about everything.


A. continual
B. continuous
C. frequent
D. uninterrupted

[单项选择]I could no longer put up with his ______ complaints about everything.


A. continual
B. continuous
C. frequent
D. uninterrupted

[单项选择]When I put my ear on his chest, I could hear his heart still（）.
A. beating
B. to beat
C. to be beating
D. was beating

[单项选择]If his father could not keep up the payments on the mortgage, his uncle might （） it for him.
A. redeem
B. amend
C. resemble
D. appeal

[单项选择]My father has promised to put his car entirely at our ______ for the holiday.


A. disposal
B. usage
C. pleasure
D. disposition

[单项选择]The man didn't put his luggage outside the door on time because ______.


A. he had a hard time packing the suitcases
B. he had gone to bed late the night before
C. he forgot the time to put his luggage out
D. his suitcases were stolen

[单项选择]The clerks put his name under the wrong letter ______.


A. through carelessness
B. because they were haman beings
C. because he had a strange name
D. by pronouncing his name incorrectly

[单项选择]Another man saw the waiter, and put his hands on his stomach meant he ______.


A. had a stomach-ache
B. was hungry
C. was very thirsty
D. was full

[单项选择]I don’t see how Jack (put up with) his wife.
A. tolerate
B. accept
C. leave
D. receive

[单项选择]He was very tired and could hardly stand up, let alone（）
A. to walk
B. walk
C. walking
D. walked fast

[单项选择]Mr. Turner often put on his best clothes.

[单项选择]The conductor said he could show her his ticket on his way back because ______.

[单项选择]I soon perceived that I could not change his mind.
A. discovered
B. noticed
C. saw
D. sensed

[单项选择]They can put up with the poor living condition.
A. tolerate
B. accept
C. support
D. refuse

[单项选择]Cliff could run fastest in his town.

[单项选择]Could a husband sell his wife's inheritance


A. No, under no circumstances.
B. Yes, whenever he wished to.
C. Yes, if she agreed.
D. Yes, if his father-in-law agreed.

[单项选择]At last Mr. Smith decided to put up a new notice. What did it look like ______


A. It had the right color.
B. It had the word "police" on it.
C. It looked just like a police notice.

[单项选择]To us, it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against the sun.
Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, way back in the 1th century B.C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East, in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically
A. when and how the umbrella was invented
B. why the umbrella was so popular in Europe
C. the development of the umbrella
D. the history and use of the umbrella